Esther McVey MP: votes, interests and costs
Esther McVey (Conservative) is the MP for Tatton, in the seat since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Esther McVey as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 27 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Department for Work and Pensions | 8 January 2018 | 15 November 2018 |
| Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) | HM Household | 2 November 2017 | 8 January 2018 |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Cabinet) | Department for Work and Pensions | 15 July 2014 | 30 March 2015 |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 7 October 2013 | 15 July 2014 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 6 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Shark Fins Bill | 9 November 2022 | 16 November 2022 |
| Panel of Chairs | 22 June 2020 | 15 November 2023 |
| Committee of Selection | 14 November 2017 | 11 January 2018 |
| Home Affairs Committee | 11 September 2017 | 4 December 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 53443231d338.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 8 entries for Esther McVey: Employment and earnings (5), Miscellaneous (2), Shareholdings (1). The most recent was registered on 30 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Guest on TV show - Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Guest on TV show
- Name of the payer: Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd
- Payment received on 25 September 2026 - £216.00
Guest on TV show - STV Productions
- Type of work or service being provided: Guest on TV show
- Name of the payer: STV Productions
- Brief description of the payer's business: Television production company
- Payment received on 07 August 2026 - £2,000.00
Guest on TV show - News UK
- Type of work or service being provided: Guest on TV show
- Name of the payer: News UK
- Payment received on 19 February 2026 - £560.00
- Payment received on 04 November 2025 - £240.00
Shares in Blue Collar Productions
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2020-10-01
- Name of the company or partnership: Blue Collar Productions
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: A television production company
Unpaid Director of Blue Collar Productions, a television production company of Miryfields Cottage, 5/7 Cann Street, Tottington BL8 3PE.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2020-10-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee (Unpaid) of "If Chloe Can"; charity providing careers advice and support for young people.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Panelist on TV programme - GB News
- Type of work or service being provided: Panelist on TV programme
- Date the agreement started: 2025-01-14
- Name of the payer: GB News
- Payment received on 14 August 2026 - £600.00
- Payment received on 14 July 2026 - £850.00
- Payment received on 12 June 2026 - £600.00
- Payment received on 18 May 2026 - £450.00
- Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £200.00
- Payment received on 13 March 2026 - £600.00
- Payment received on 13 February 2026 - £200.00
- Payment received on 12 December 2025 - £850.00
- Payment received on 15 October 2025 - £400.00
Writing articles - Reach Group Limited
- Type of work or service being provided: Writing articles
- Name of the payer: Reach Group Limited
- Payment received on 01 September 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 01 August 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 30 June 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 02 June 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 06 May 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 02 April 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 03 March 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 03 February 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 06 January 2026 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 01 December 2025 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 04 November 2025 - £2,166.66
- Payment received on 02 October 2025 - £2,166.66
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 95bde5c45875. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Esther McVey's 2024-25 staffing spend as £231,275 (budget £250,820). In 2023-24 it was £190,206. Office costs came to £28,930 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £231,274.82 | £190,206.23 | £167,430.31 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,929.97 | £22,192.53 | £20,921.63 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,187.48 | £21,189.29 | £20,356.87 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £17,538.68 | £12,814.47 | £11,084.13 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Tatton CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Researcher (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time), Research Officer (fixed term full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 299 votes by Esther McVey in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 17 June 2026 to 20 October 2026. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Esther McVey has tabled 395 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Ministry of Justice; Treasury; Cabinet Office.
British Liver Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings her department has had since July 2024 with the British Liver Trust, and what the dates of those meetings were.
Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2026 to Question 16871, how many further such cases involving assaults against emergency workers have been heard and dealt with since 29 June 2026; what the outcome was in …
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the suspected adverse reaction reports of unknown age for the COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna monovalent were followed up by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to try and …
Yellow Card Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make date of birth a mandatory field when reporting a suspected adverse reaction to the Yellow Card scheme run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report from the Anti-Slavery Commissioner entitled Anticipating Exploitation: Forced Surrogacy; and what assess …
Unpaid Taxes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 14818, how much of HMRC's 2025 tax debt balance of £42.8 billion has been paid back.
Death: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, whether the ONS will make daily counts by (a) date of death and (b) date of registration available as a downloadable dataset.
Death: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics will publish historical daily numbers of deaths in England and Wales by (a) date of occurrence and (b) date of registration for periods sufficiently historic that regis …
Death: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what statistical criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to determine that weekly, rather than daily, publication represents the appropriate level of granularity for mortality statistics; and whether th …
Death: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19336 on Death: Statistics, what quantitative analysis supports the Office for National Statistics' conclusion that publication of daily death figures could …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e7f1c5833bb4. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Esther McVey.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 1,136 for Esther McVey in Tatton in July 2024, from 19,956 votes on a turnout of 68.3%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Tatton figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Esther McVey corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Esther McVey:
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.